Column: Outsourcing police not smart for Villa Hills

5:36 PM,
Apr. 7, 2013

Heinzelman

Written by

Larry Heinzelman
Community Recorder guest columnist

I have been a resident of Villa Hills for the past 14 years, serving on the Public Works and Sidewalk Committee when the city constructed sidewalks on the main roads of Collins, Amsterdam and Highwater, which I believed were needed for public safety. I am once again concerned about public safety in Villa Hills, and I strongly disagree with last week's Community Recorder guest columnist, James Noll, on this subject.

Crime in Villa Hills has increased since our adjoining city, Crescent Springs, outsourced their police protection to Erlanger. As a result, police response times have greatly ...